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Publisher's Summary
A remarkable man in possession of limitless curiosity and intellect, Elon Musk makes a fascinating subject. Tech reporter Ashlee Vance has shadowed him for a year to bring us an engaging and deeply personal account of the man who wants to send us into outer space.
South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it.
He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey, Jr. The personal tale of Musk's life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama-filled story. He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school and abused by his father. In the midst of these rough conditions and the violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk still thrived academically and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he paid his own way through school by turning his house into a club and throwing massive parties.
He started a pair of huge dot-com successes, including PayPal, which eBay acquired for $1.5 billion in 2002. Musk was forced out as CEO and so began his lost years, in which he decided to go it alone and baffled friends by investing his fortune in rockets and electric cars. Meanwhile Musk's marriage disintegrated as his technological obsessions took over his life...
Elon Musk is the Steve Jobs of the present and the future, and for the past 12 months he has been shadowed by tech reporter Ashlee Vance. Elon Musk is an important, exciting and intelligent account of the real-life Iron Man.
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- Paramasivam Baskar
- 08-01-19
Bit biased but awesome read
Loved his view of life. Here is what I got - Strongly opinionated, unconventional and encouraging. Follow your heart, keep yourself informed. Read as much as possible on topics of your interest.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-11-18
Inspiring and mind blowing
This book describes how dedicated and committed Elon musk is to achieve his goals. You will get an insight to how he started in South Africa, came to USA and became the Celebrity Entrepreneur he is today. There are chapters dedicated to each phase in his life.
The narration was very interesting. Fred Sander changes his tone every time someone speaks.
Overall the book and the narration both deserve a 5 star.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-19
Brilliant writing!
The book had an amazing flow describing everything in perfect detail, right from Elon's beginning to what he is now. Amazing listen!
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- Anonymous User
- 28-10-19
Getting upclose with my idol
Getting glimpse of the man i admire and idolise is the greatest treat. aspiring and inspiring tale of a man who defies all the rules to make the world little better than before.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-11-19
Inspirational biography for all the youngsters.
I just loved the way it has been narrated, the narrator put his emotion in every sentence. This book is an inspiration.
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- Sachin
- 05-11-19
Elon Musk the real inventor
Nice book really inspiring and informative about future developments and challenges. A must read book.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-19
Great Narration! And Of course ... it's Elon Musk.
Loved it .... period.
A must read to everyone who's an entrepreneur and an engineer at heart.
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- Anurag Deshmukh
- 22-10-19
A must read book I suggest
This book is more than a biography. Its inspiring and helps is strengthening self belief. Elon musk really has a great view/aim as described by Ashlee.
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- Angeladu16
- 16-10-19
amazing... a must read.
inspiring. thought provoking. Every entrepreneur must read. It is okay to fall down. it is okay, you will rise again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-10-19
You think you know Elon Musk? Well,, think again!
Simply will blow your Mind away! The objective approach rocks!
Simply awesome... The detail into the life of Elon that the writer has gone is appreciable. Pain In detail.
It is not a fanboy book but will subtly make you fall for the phenomenon known as Elon Musk!
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- innovate risk
- 26-10-17
Fascinating insight
This is an excellent audio book onto the insights of Elon Musk. In particular the first half provides a brilliant view of his background, his leadership style and the type of personality that drives such an interesting person.
I did find the second half of the book a bit too much about the industry of space exploration, electric cars and solar power. This meant you were losing the insights into the person, and it became a more technical book on the industry.
Overall a great read but perhaps this should have been 2 books - one about the person and one about the industries.
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- Alison Cope
- 13-08-17
Fascinating
I found Elon's story really fascinating but I would have liked to hear more from Elon himself.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-06-18
Excellent Book
Loved the book and the narrator was really good. Easy to listen to. Put the book on everyday while working.
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- Fabrice Kabongo
- 12-06-16
Very inspiring!
when you listen to this book, you know your dream of changing the world can be achieved
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- Anonymous User
- 22-11-19
Inspiring, enlightening... beyond words.
I got stuck from the very first second. The author has done a very fantastic job in this book. the story is balanced in every ramification.
I loved every bit of this book.
The narration is very well done too.
I definitely recommend this book to every forward thinking person, especially engineers and tech enthusiasts.
Elon Musk is a superhuman and this is a superbook.
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- James B. Preston
- 08-10-19
Masterful journalism coupled with masterful performance
A more perfect inspirational audiobook you’d likely not come across. Fred Sanders’ performance along with his excellent take on Elon’s lingering South African accent is only surpassed by the work of Ashlee Vance that went into compiling the book.
This book will inspire you that there is a human on this planet living today that genuinely believes a better future is indeed possible, but only if we work our asses right off. And he is the one working the most.
It is phenomenal that Elon’s story is true.
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- storageadmn
- 06-10-19
<br />Good place to learn and get inspired bygreat Elon
Good place to learn and get inspired bygreat Elon,Good place to learn and get inspired bygreat Elon
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- Jason
- 29-05-19
“I would like to die on mars, but not on impact”
To say the very least Musk is unusual and incredible.
I would not recommend this as a business book because Musk’s way of doing business is highly irregular and risk prone, I certainly won’t be managing money or people the way he does.
I doubt anyone but himself would have been able to pull off some of the incredible business feats he’s pulled off due to his inhuman ability to withstand massive risks, immense pressure, and family drama all at once (he has lost a child, been divorced multiple times and been on the brink of bankruptcy with both Tesla and SpaceX).
But I’d recommend this book because I believe that one day our grandchildren will learn about Musk in history lessons, the impact of what he did on the world and humanity as a whole.
If he achieves what he is after, and based on his track record he just might do it, he will eclipse even the likes of Edison type figures in the history books.
I think he is worth reading up on and studying so that one day I’ll know that what he did, happened in my life time.
I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren about what life was like at the time Elon Musk [insert amazing giant leap for mankind here].
He has exceptionally high standards for himself, those around him, and the products they create. After you read this book you will never again be able to complain about your boss, being stressed or busy.
What I love most about Elon's story is how undeterred he is when dealing with any obstacle he comes across. Literally nothing could stop him. Not looming bankruptcy or bad press or any of the dozens of other issues that would have stopped most of us. I’m sure that if anyone can find within themselves a tiny glimpse of this man’s drive, they will do great things.
It’s mind boggling how many impossible things he has done in his life (so far).
I particularly enjoyed the interview with one of SpaceX’s head rocket scientists saying that he would not want to try and prove Musk wrong. Musk’s knowledge of absolutely everything in the rocket is beyond amazing, and if you tell him something can’t be done, he will fire you and prove you wrong by dong it himself.
This biography is very well written and researched. I hope the author releases many more biographies.
Some of the quotes I liked:
“He’s nicer than Jobs and more refined than Gates, I also think he’s achieved more.” - After hearing what an asshole he is to work for, the author quotes a SpaceX investor.
"Where Mark Zuckerberg wants to help you share baby photos, Musk wants to save the human race from self-imposed or accidental annihilation." – The author
From Elon Musk:
“No man is an island, unless he is large and buoyant”
“I would like to die on mars, but not on impact”
"That's my lesson from taking a vacation: vacations will kill you." - After almost dying from malaria whilst on holiday in Africa.
"The longer you wait to fire someone the longer it has been since you should have fired them."
"I will spend my last dollar on these companies. If we have to move into Justine's parents' basement, we'll do it."
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- Paula Nilsson
- 04-04-19
Elon is the new Human 2.0
Many would say this story and "manual" to success is the most worthy of recognition. Elon Musk has DEDICATED his fate to our future - so that we have meaning and purpose to our continued existence in other planets, stars and one day maybe inorganic-unleashed intelligence. READ IT.
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- APS
- 25-03-19
PHENOMENONAL
This auto biography is absolutely amazing. The author sheds some light on the Legend of a man Elon Musk , giving us all the details of inhuman hardwork hidden behind the shiny real life Tony Stark.
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- Andrew
- 15-01-17
Fascinating insight but a little repetitive
Well written book with a good relatively independent view of the history of Musks companies. Issue is repetitive nature of second half of the book- lots of the same principles come up time and again without really developing much further insight into the direction or the individual.
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- Arvin Seeva
- 26-12-16
An eye opening insight into the future.
A recommended biography of a person that sounds like a slave driver, but driven by passion for a better future and humanity.
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- John
- 20-12-16
The power of personality
If you could sum up Elon Musk in three words, what would they be?
insightful, enjoyable, entertaining
What did you like best about this story?
Musk is just a balls out force of will.
What about Fred Sanders’s performance did you like?
He is a solid performer and made the autobiography experience enjoyable.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No
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- Robert
- 13-12-16
Too much rambling
There are very good parts in this book about Elon Musk's career but there is a lot of filler by talking about how his companies do better than the competition by doing this or other design choices. Most of them are subjective opinions of the author or the people interviewed and are not measurable facts. Also all of his childhood living with his father is missing yet they keep alluding to it later on as a key point in his life. I feel I learned something from Elon as an entrepeneur in spite of the filler of this book though so not all was lost.
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- MJK
- 01-10-16
Great insight into Musk's worldview
Really enjoyed this background on the vision and drive of Elon Musk. Puts a lot of things in perspective and tells an amazing story. Well worth a listen.
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- dragos sucea
- 10-09-16
Amazing
Very good book, highly recommended. It shows what it really takes to be successful if you translate it to whatever it is you would like to do
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- J. Tyler
- 17-01-17
Very good
Good narrator, great insight into Elon Musk and overall a very good book. Incredibly interesting!!!
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- Ahmed K
- 17-01-17
Extremely interesting and eye opening biography!
Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. Gets really deep into what makes Musk and his companies what they are now. More than just a way to learn more about Musk, it shows some of what's necessary to accomplish such successes.
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- Ed R
- 05-01-17
Inspirational story
Being an engineer myself I found learning about Musk's approach and achievements fascinating and inspiring. Would highly recommend for anyone interested in technology or business.
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- Anthony Sephton
- 22-12-16
Good
This story was an interesting listen. Musk is a real genius and the things he has achieved in business seems unreal.
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- Michael
- 17-06-16
An underwhelming narrative of a really cool guy
This book is a bit of a let-down. You will learn a bit about Elon and his companies, but it will sap 13 hours of your life away and you won't be a better person for it.
You'd think there's so much you can learn from Elon Musk, but this author didn't really make much effort to gather any nuggets of insightful information, just snippets of hearsay from sources that have worked around Elon. Listening to the book feels kind of perverted because it's written in a way where the author digs up lots of dirt on him the way a trash magazine reports on the secret lives of celebrities.
The Author even gloats mildly about his tenacity in pestering Musk until he agreed to let him write the book.
Don't bother listening to this one.
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- Mikhail
- 17-06-16
Fascinating story of an exceptional man
Things I liked:
1. Elon Musk's story is nothing like you have ever heard, even if you have studied the greatest men and women to grace this planet.
2. His big picture thinking and pursuit of ideals, never backing down until those ideals are achieved is grandiose.
3. The idea that a man like this is alive at this present moment gives me the extra motivation to work hard on my purpose and perhaps come across Elon one day.
4. Both the writing by Ashlee Vance and reading by Fred Sanders is fantastic. The story flows very well and I will undoubtedly be listening to this again.
Things I disliked:
1. I wish there was more.
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- Rufus Keown
- 31-05-17
A really good read (listen)
Really enjoyed musks story of obsession and his drive to make the world a better place. Highly recommended for those who believe in a bright future.
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- Mark
- 21-05-16
Loved it
Great story well told, if slightly biased towards the end. He is an amazing and terrifying man.
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- MKG
- 07-05-16
Best Biography Ever!
Simply the most impressive and exciting true story about a person's life that I've ever known.
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- Thomas
- 05-08-19
Great book
Couldn’t put this book down, Elon is a super interesting bloke. Made my top 15 list
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- Anonymous User
- 31-07-17
Changing force
Musk has ambitions that are so magnetic that it makes you want to change the world too.
He really is shaping the future, Ashlee Vance does an outstanding job presenting this.
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- benedict
- 20-05-16
such an amazing story.
Extreme management and perseverance to achieve what he does, inevitably burning people on the way. His arrogance and dictator style leadership means he achieves the impossible. Lucky he has an underlying altruistic vision of solutions for humananity which drives him.
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- Brian
- 11-07-16
Brilliant book
An amazing story of a truly remarkable and resilient man. Vance captures Musk's personality, both good and bad points, and digs deep into his success and failures.
Very well narrated.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-10-19
wow
Elon musk is a force to be reckoned with. Continually rubbing people the wrong way and possibly not inventing anything this man is still the guy that sees an idea and makes it happen. He takes the idea and gets it to work. If his original paypal buddies had stuck with him they would probably currently own a worldwide online bank the first of its kind and all be the richest people alive. Must read. Amazing story.